As the crypto markets drop across the board, BTC’s price has fallen the slowest, resulting in its steadily rising market dominance. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen back below $8,000, as the crypto markets continue to slump in the wake of a week of mixed crypto news, ranging from the FUD fallout …
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An analysis of the Blockchain industry in Israel. The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of Cointelegraph.com.
In terms of technological innovation, Israel has been labeled by some as “The Startup Nation” with Israeli ventures raising over $5 billion in …
The French financial markets regulator AMF will introduce a regulatory framework to legitimize ICOs with a focus on investor protection. French financial markets regulator AMF (l’Autorité des marchés financiers) is reportedly preparing to introduce legislation on Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) to encourage the development of the new type of fundraising …
Coincheck, which suffered an over $500 mln hack of NEM in January, will stop handling three anonymous coins. Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck will stop handling anonymity-centered cryptocurrencies Monero, Dash, and ZCash in the aftermath of the major January hack when $534 mln worth of NEM was stolen from the exchange, …
Luxembourg’s Financial Regulator CSSF has issued a warning about the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies and ICOs. The Luxembourg Financial Regulator CSSF issued a warning against investments in cryptocurrencies and ICOs (Initial Coin Offering), Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported today, March 17.
In the official warning the authority …
The infamous, now defunct Mt. Gox exchange has published a new update denying its trustee caused a dip in crypto markets selling BTC and BCH to pay back creditors. The trustee of Mt. Gox – a once major and now defunct Bitcoin exchange – who reportedly sold over $400 mln …
A global trading firm described as “secretive” has revealed that part of its $13 bln daily equity trading is in Bitcoin. Trading firm Jane Street Capital, which reportedly trades an average of $13 bln daily in equities across the globe, has included Bitcoin (BTC) in its traded assets, Business Insider …
Bitmain’s new miner for the CryptoNight algorithm causes controversy as ASIC-resistant cryptocurrencies vow to block its capabilities. Bitmain’s just-released ASIC-powered Antminer X3, designed to mine the CryptoNight hashing algorithm used by Monero (XMR), may not be effective by its first release in May 2018, according to an article by The …
The Royal Bank of Canada’s patent for a Blockchain credit score platform promises to unveil the previously opaque credit score process. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), reportedly the country’s largest bank, filed a patent for a credit score platform using Blockchain technology this past fall, according to the patent …
The Investment Association of China, a government-linked organization, will officially announce a Blockchain Development Center later this month, local sources report The government-linked Investment Association of China (IAC) is planning to create an “International Blockchain Investment Development Center,” aimed at introducing industry standards and Blockchain investment alliances and funds, local …